{"id":647140,"date":"2026-10-07T04:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T04:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/647140\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T04:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T04:28:12","slug":"cristiano-ronaldo-accuses-coach-jesus-of-broken-promises-but-leaves-portugal-return-open-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/647140\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo accuses coach Jesus of broken promises but leaves Portugal return open \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a> has accused Portugal coach Jorge Jesus of twice breaking his \u200cword, saying a failed agreement to publicly explain his omission against Norway drove him out of the camp but insisting he \u200cremained available after any punishment.<\/p>\n

In a lengthy statement, the 41-year-old gave his account of the dispute that prompted his departure from \u200bCopenhagen before Portugal\u2019s Nations League match versus Denmark last week.<\/p>\n

Ronaldo said Jesus had agreed a plan under which the forward would miss the Norway and Denmark matches to manage his fitness. However, on the day of the Norway game, the coach \u200btold him he would play for 30 minutes.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone knows the rest. I warmed up from halftime onwards, watched the minutes tick \u2060by and wasn\u2019t called on,\u201d Ronaldo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe manager had broken his word to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Portugal\u2019s captain \u200cand \u200call-time \u200bleading scorer said a subsequent meeting with Jesus, attended by his club side Al Nassr\u2019s sporting director Simao Coutinho, produced an agreement for the coach to \u2060clarify events at his next press \u200bconference.<\/p>\n

According to Ronaldo, an eight-point document was prepared saying \u200bhe had never demanded playing time, had respected Jesus\u2019 decisions and that the coach asking him to \u200cwarm up without bringing him on had \u200bbeen a mistake.<\/p>\n

Ronaldo said the agreed notes did not require Jesus to apologise to him but \u2060said the coach\u2019s public remarks bore no \u2060resemblance to their private \u200bdiscussion.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was the second time he had broken his word to me,\u201d Ronaldo said. \u201cI decided to leave the training camp without waiting for any further broken promises.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statement provided Ronaldo\u2019s account but on Sunday, after Portugal\u2019s win over Norway, Jesus denied he had made any agreement with the player but left the door open for his return.<\/p>\n

The Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Ronaldo\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n

Ronaldo apologised for failing to \u200cgreet supporters after the Norway \u2060match and for leaving his team-mates, accepting that his captaincy made his conduct more serious.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe consequences of my actions must be assessed and punished by the Portuguese Football \u200cFederation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Despite the rupture, Ronaldo said he was not limiting his international ambitions to a farewell appearance.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I\u2019m physically \u200bfit, playing for my club \u2013 scoring goals, I hope \u2013 after serving whatever \u200bsuspension is imposed on me, I\u2019ll be available, as I\u2019ve always been until now, to compete and win for our national team,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo has accused Portugal coach Jorge Jesus of twice breaking his \u200cword, saying a failed agreement to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":647141,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[15561,61,60,59269,2888,112],"class_list":["post-647140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cristiano-ronaldo","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-nations-league","tag-portugal","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}